News
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Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsThe Bill returned to the House of Commons on 31 March 2025 with amendments from the House of Lords. 7 amendments were chosen for debate and votes, with the last four grouped together. The amendments were rejected by the Commons with the following results: There were 4 votes in total. Lords amendment: 1B: Ayes 296
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IKEA Parliamentary Reception
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
I was pleased to support and open the IKEA Annual Retail Reception at the House of Commons on 31 March 2025. The title of the reception this year was ‘Better Neighbourhoods: Where Our Neighbourhoods Feel Like Home’. Building on their ‘Unwelcome Home’ campaign with the housing and homelessness charity Shelter, we heard from IKEA’s Sustainability
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March eNews
- 28/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Here you can read the eNews for March 2025
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Lords Amendments: Non Domestic Rating Bill and GB Energy Bill 25 March 2025
- 25/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
The Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill had 6 amendments selected for debate and votes: This Bill, introduced to the House on 13 November 2024, amends the non-domestic rating system in England to enable the introduction of new tax rates, introducing powers to create new lower tax rates for qualifying retail, hospitality and leisure
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National Insurance Contributions Bill: Consideration of Lords Message
- 25/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 25 March 2025 the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill returned to the House of Commons after further amendments from the House of Lords. The Commons rejected the Lords’ first round of amendments on 19 March 2025. The Bill intends to raise employers’ national insurance contributions to 15%, lower the secondary threshold